(A j^toailfk 0acr"t reveftied.)

PEi^ieBieiTYTl^e absolute law of tlTeentire

UniverseLONO KNOWN TO CONTROL ALL MATTER

MOW SBTKALSS AS

THE LAW OF ALL LIFEand the periods discovered, /^howing

1. The coune oftrtrr liftfrom birth to dtmth.2. When to prepare for success, mod when for ikitmre,3. When to toil and when to rest for hcAhh,4. How to MYoid or overcome misfortune,5. How every Hie afreets other lives,6. Whom to seek and whom to avoid in marriage

Mendship and business,7. Counsel as to parents and children,8. Warnings to patients and physicians,9. In"uence of mvon and planetson tides, weather,

tegetntion,earthquakesand Hie,10, Warnings that may protect Hfe and property

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11, Plain ruLs to "nd your own years, months anddays for success or failure,health or sickness,

12, Destiny of Nations shown in the hiatorj of theUnited StHtes,

13, Dangers of the next eighteenyears,14, Personal experienceas examples,15, DemoustrHtion in the life of

NAPOLEON BONAPARTB.

By Prof. Jos. Rodes Buchanan, M. D.,Aathor of System of Anthropology^, The New Bduemtimja, Mmm-

umI of Psjchometry, Therapeutic SArcognomy, ProibMMor ofPhysiology etnd instructor of Med tcine in the coUegCB "/Ciaeinnatl, New York and Boston and Dfan of the Facultyin the parent school of American Eclecticism at Cimcim-nati 4,6 years ago.

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Chap. l-PERIODICITY.

Origin and nature oftbe discovery now revealed" ancientoptnions-^ts test b^ practical application" the nmn*bcr seven the prevalent number in nature" a septimoldivision in all affairs of life and in tbe solar system"

study of Periodicity by ph"sicians"septimal doctrineof my college colleague.

Aftermy retirement from the Eclectic Medi-cal

College at Cincinnati in 1856, my atten-tionwas attracted byap apparent periodicity

of nature, in the phenomena of disease and inthe different influences of week days, monthsand years, and my affairs in the college.Popular opinion fixed upon the sixth day of

tbe week, Friday, as unlucky, and some of

my experiments seemed to sustain that idea,which was expressed in the creative legend otGenesis, that God was fatigued on the sixthday and rested on the seventh, which wastherefore ordered to be a day of rest.Friday, the sixth day, was the day of the

crucifixion ot Jesus, and has since been re-garded

as hang-man's day, and used for that

purpose. The wide spread opinion that Fri-day is an inauspicious day, would not havebeen so long maintained without some foun-dation

in nature, and the same impression asto the number thirteen mftst have been based

on some experience.

I need not narrate my methods of myesti-

gation and reasoning which led to the con-clusionti that I now oflFer my readers, whichhave been confirmed by many observationsso fullythat I am warranted in offeringthedoctrine to the public,which I have hereto-fore

concealed for thirty years, waiting tosubjectit to decisive tests, to know if it waspracticallyreliable.

To make decisive tests of the law, I havebeen accustomed upon first meeting a strangerto tell him of the favorable and unfavorable

periodsof his life,and to find him astonishedat the revelation of his troubles, the times ofdeadly sickness, financial loss, disappoint-ments,

calamities and failures in schemesthat looked plausible.

Some lives are more fortunate than othersand the periods of distress or calamity lessmarked ; but I do not think the failure of the

rule (by some interferingcause) occurred inmore than from two to five per cent. That

interference may have been due to astrolog-icalcauses, or to the bearing of one life on an-other,

as out's destinymay be elevated or de-pressedby the influence of others ; besides my

understanding of the law was incomplete un-tilin reviewing it I found an oversight.

The law which I have found in operation,and which my most intimate friends,in test-ing,

have bccosieconvinced by experiencethat6

it IS a law of great importanceto be under-stood,is easilystated. It is this " that all vi- %

tal operations proceed in a varying course, \measured by the number seven. This septimal Idivision I expect to fin^lH fllFlife of every in- '

dividual from youth to age, in the progress of.diseases,in the history of nations, societies,\enterprises,and everythingthat has progressand decline" in short in all life,for all lifehas^its periods of birth growth decline and death.I presume inorganic nature has periodicallaws also, as seen in sun spots which appearto have eleven year periodicitiesaccording tothe latest observations; and I know not whyanimals should not have their periodiclawsas well as man ; (forthey have definite periodsof gestation,of lifeand death) ; and even thevegetablekingdom has its regularperiods,forthe solar system and stellar worlds have re-gular

periods which control all life by theseasons, by electricityand magnetism, andthere is nothing that escapes these influences,which are all periodic.

The regular periodicityof fever has been agreat puzzle to the medical profession.Thegreat anatomist. Prof. Reil of Germany, re-ferred

itto **some general law of the Universe"which was good philosophy and correspondswith Kepler'sideas. Cullen, Baillyand Rochemade some imperfectattempts to explainit,but M. Brachet, a French physiologisttested

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it experimentallyvery successfullyby adhef-ing to the number seven.

Sir Thomas Watson, M. D., describes his ex-periment

as follows :

"Towards the end of the month of October

in the year 1822, M. Brachet took a cold bathat midnight, for seven nights in succession,inthe river Saone. On the first occasion he re-mained

a quarter of an hour in the river ; on the

second, half an hour; till at length he wasable to stay in the water a full hour at a time.After each bath he betook himself to a warmbed and in a short time became affected withconsiderable heat followed by copiousperspi-ration,

in the midst of which he fell asleep.At the end of the seven days, M. Brachetceased to repeat this experiment; but whatwas his surprise,at findingon the followingnights,between twelve and one o'clock,thatall the phenomena of a true ague fit appearedin due order and succession ! As however thisartificial paroxysm was not very severe, and

as he feltquitewell during the day, M. Brachetdetermined not interfere with it ; but to ob-serve

the result, six times it renewed withgreat regularity. On the seventh night afterhe had omitted the baths he was summonedtowards midnight to a "woman in labor."On that visit he overcame the periodicchilland fever and had no more of it.

This shows the natural law of periodicre-8

currcnce of an j strong and repeatedimprea*tion at a specifiedhour and da j and the alnl*itJ to terminate evilimpressionson theserenthday which is more marked on the eighthandninth, so that the ninth day b often consid-ered

critical.Dr. Watson says, *'we have mnch to learn

on this subject"and wonders why in quotid-ianferers their usual and natural paroxysms

occur, not in the erening,but in the morning,when there should be the least tendency to anincrease of febrile action.

The septimallaw of the two periodsof lifeexplains this by showing that tiie vital forceis feebler in the morning and stronger in theaflernoon. It shows the follyof early* coldbathing. Many years ago several young menin a town near Cleveland got into a fad of

bathing in the cold river (the Cuyahoga) onrisingin the morning; which they were robustenough to keep up for some months on theirtheory,beginningin the fall without properlyobserving its effects. They were all injuredinhealth and compelled to give it up. Rain or sunbathing is much more congenialespeciallyto theold or the very young or feeble. But strong,warm constitutions may enjoy a moderate useof cold water, especially if we imitate prim-itive

conditions by allowingthe water to dry onthe skin; warm water should never be used inbathing, as It weakens the nervous system.The best statement on this subjectin my reach,

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is that of my able colleague,the late Prof. 1G. Jones, who says, in his excellent work onthe American Eclectic practiceof medicine:

'*You will find in many instances a tendencyto a return of the disease at set periods. Thelaws of periodicityappear to extend beyondthe time governing the return of each parox-ysm,

and to produce a predispositionto a re-lapseat periods of about seven days. So

that a return may be apprehended on thesame day of the week on which the last oc-curred

; or to state it categorically,there is atendency to a return on the sf venth,fourteenth,

[ twentyfirst,etc. day, from the time of the lastchill. Physicians familiar with the diseasehave observed this tendency, and manyhave adopted the plan of fortifyingtheir pa-tients

against the disease at those particulartimes. The days mentioned have long beenconsidered important days."

In typhoid fever which comes on slowly andinsidiouslywe have no day to count from butProf. Jones says the usual time of the premoni-tory

symptoms isabout six days which is whatperiodicitywould indicate. In favorable casesthe improvement appears in the second orthird week beyond which the indications areunfavorable. It is the doctrine of medicalwriters generally that fevers have criticaldays, a time called a crisis,promising favor-able

or unfavorable results whether from

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specificcauses or from contagion. The sixth,thirteenth, twentieth and twenty seventh be-ing

unfavorable daye, the favorable indica-tionsare apt toappesu* onthe second or third

day later. But the unfavorable days must beguarded against. When Prof. Jones had astudent patient running into typhoid feverbis prompt treatment broke up the disease in

twenty-four hours and he was convalescenton the fifth day, but not allowed to go outon the sixth.

While the laws of the human constitution

carry it into periodicity,diseases dependenton present causes must obey those causes andif the cause be bacterial we must study ^eaction of bacteria.

"It is always a grave mistake to shorten the hours of sleep" sleepbeing the great restorer. During its duration digestion almost entirelystops, but other bodily functions show increased activity such as thegrowth of hairs and nails, which goes on three times as rapidly asduring the waking hours.

However, a cold water or airbath on arising,with friction of one'sown hand, life upon life, could not but be beneficial,providing weomit it on our Friday days.

Chap. 2.-PERI0DICITY THROUGHOUT

THE UNIVERSE.

Effect of the moon on animal liie and flesh" farmer's

obserTations"all scientific laws mysterious" facttbetter than theories " why my secret is published,Universal influences of celestial bodies.

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Predomi-nantinfluence of the moon on tides,vegetation

and life" influence of the planets known to theancients

" profound astrologists who are skillfnlphysicians" opinions of Hippocrates and Kepler "a new explanation of planetary influences" the moongoverned by seven " testimony by ancient scientists"influence on earthquakes" testimony of M. PcrrcyArago and Sir John Hcrsclicll" Pearce on earth-quakes

produced by the moon " Commander Morri-sonpredicts an earthquake in South America in 1853

^Kepler explained winds and storms caused bymoon and planets" Medical collegesignorant ofmeteorology" testimony of 25 distinguished physi-cians

as to the influences of the moon on diseases "moon controls cholera " new moon and full moon

dangerous " e"^ts of moon on insanity, Hemorrhageand deaths" on the flow of sap and on the weatherand tides" earthquakes predicted " critical days indiseases known for 3000 years.

The periods of the moon are in sevensjyEvery woman knows how that governs herconstitution. Close observers find the peri-ods

of the moon influential in diseases andits effect on the brain is such as to originatethe word lunatic from Luna, the moon. If

you think the moon a matter of no impor-tance,-try the effect of moonlight on a piece

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o^ frcslipoultry,real or mutton. JPerhapsAmutton head will do as well. Let some dullfellow sleepwith his head in the moonshineand see how he feels next morning. The most

experiencedfarmers who go by practicalob-servationinstead of theories,pay close atten-tion

to the state of the moon, because theyfind it profitableto do so. If they did notthey would soon give up this old idea; butthe longer they live the more positivetheyare.

He who will not believe any law of natureuntil he understands its cause, is a very shal-low

thinker. All real science is a collection offacts that we cannot explain. Who can tellwhy oxygen attacks iron,and why an alkalikeeps it off,why sulphuric acid seizes soda,potash, lime, ammonia or common metals.Nobody knows, but such facts constitutethe grand science of chemistry. I have a the-ory

to explainlunar action,but that does notmake it any more certain" thk fact iswhat we must act on.

If I had ten more years of life,I would tryto develop the whole law of periodicity,but my own periodsare now in their Nadiras to earthly life,and I can only tell whatI have observed, as a matter of curiosity,having held it in reserve until tested by morethan thirtyyears observation by myself,notthinkinio^f making a book, and consequently

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neglectingto record many interestingfactt",for I was so interested in the profound philos-ophy

and religion,which concern the fate ofall mankind, that I had almost forgottenperiodicity,when a sagacious friend to whomI gave the secret, who tested it and found it

true, insisted that it must not be lost.I believe that in the economy of the uni-verse,

as all stellar bodies have fixed periodsand everything in the universe exerts its in-fluence

as far as its sphere extends, it mustfollow that all the planets of the solar systemarc influential upon each other; and notwith-standing

the vast distances of the stars, re-ducesthe influence of each star to a mini-mum,the starry groups of the Milky way

and other celestial constellations,must exerta real influence upon the earth by their aggre-gate

power.The moon is so near that all intelligentper-sons

recognizeits influence upon the tides,up-onvegetation and upon human life; iniieeii

close observers engaged in agriculture arevery positive because they have observed it,that their success in agriculturedepends to asensible extent upon close observation of the

moon's influence. Indeed it is well known

that the moon exerts an influence often inju-riousupon animal flesh,and upon the heads

of persons who sleepin the moon-light.If any stellar body exerts an influence upon

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the earth, that influence must increase or de-clineas it approaches or recedes from us, and

must vary in the whole course of its orbit ;hence it is reasonable to infer that certain

phenomena in nature and in human lifewillrecur at regular periods in accordance withthe movements of heavenly bodies, just asday and night, summer and winter follow thecourse of the sun. The extensive observationsof the most ancient nations have convincedthem that the planetsof the solar system haveeach a specialinfluence upon man and uponthe course of nature; hence arose the most

ancient and most wonderful of all sciencescalled Astrology. I have never had time tostudy the science,but I know that it is ascience of great profundity and great valueto mankind, because I have always found inconversation with intelligent,scientific andhonorable Astrologers,that they had a won-derful

capacity for revealing the outlines j(my own lifeand its probable future.

I have also found that very intelligentandcloselyobservant physicians who have mas-tered

this science,have found it of very greatvalue in the diagnosis and prognosis of dis-ease,

though they often conceal their know-ledgefor fear of the colleges. Hippocrates,

called the father of medicine (a very practicalphysician)insisted that every physicianshouldunderstand Astrology. Kepler, the most re-

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imarkable Astronomer of his age, was a de-votedstudent of Astrology and accustomed

to earn his livingby preparing horoscopes.Any Astrologer can tell you of many othereminent men who have cultivated this science.

Though unable to study the science,I havespeculatedupon its philosophy ; for the astro-logical

doctrine,that the time of one's birthdetermines the course of events throughouthis liies^eems a priori90 unreasonable or so im-possible,

that I endeavored to ascertain how

planetary bodies may effect human life,-andit appears from my investigationsthat everyplanet has its peculiarcharacter,owing partlyto the chemical constitution of the mass and

partly to the psychic constitution of its in-habitants.A planet on which the conditions

of life are favorable and the character of its

inhabitants has developed in noble and lov-ingcharacteristics,must have a beneficent in-fluence

upon the earth as it approaches,simi-larto that which a good man has in society,

for it has not onlyits physicalattraction,butits luminous and electric emanations and the

stillmore pervading emanations of its psychiclite.

For the pyschic life of a planet must be apervading power. The many millions of soulsof those who have inhabited it through in-calculable

centuries must have accumulated

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a TEst spiritualpower, for the power of thesoul is almost unlimited.

I believe lor example, that the inhabitantsof Mars and Venus have a much higherspirit-ual

condition than the inhabitants of this

earth, and consequently are capable of exert-inga much more beneficent influence than

what we receive from Saturn.

I hold it therefore not unreasonable to be^

lieve that a study of planetary influences willreveal occult laws of human destiny,and Ibelieve that astrologicalcalculations gener-ally

harmonize with those of periodicity.Periodicity assures me of a calamitous pe-riod

for this country, to be developed in thefirst ten to fifteen years of the next century,and astrologicalcalculations lead to a simi-lar

conclusion. The student of periodicitywould add greatly to his knowledge of peri-odical

laws by the additional study of Astrol*ogy whichisa far more extensive and complexscience,as valuable to a physician as any ofthe studies demanded by a college.

The bmad and universal science of Periodi-city,

discovered by myself has not been sus-pected^by any author, but a great deal has

been written upon the periodicitycontrolledby the moon, and a great deal of practicalknowledge of this is enjoyed by farmers. Asthe moon's orbital revolution consists of four

periodsof seven, it gives an excellent demon-17

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Atration of the septimal law, which rulesmany other things beside the moon, whichauthors have not yet studied.

As to the lunar influence,it has been amplyillustrated by many physicians,whose worksI have not been able to obtain, which areelaborate, statistical and scientific,makingthe lunar science one of the most importantparts of meteorology. Hippocrates,the Greekfather of medical science said, "the lunar

I month has such special power OYcr our bo-; dies,that not only births,but diseases,death

or recovery have a kind of dependence on'

such revolution."

Ptolemy had the same opinion,saying,"themoon being of all heavenly bodies the nearestto the earth, also dispenses much influenceand things,animate and inanimate, sympa-thize

and vary with her."

There has been a continual succession ofsuch opinions,and modem writers adducethe confirmatory facts. M. Perrey says **Thcnumber of earthquakes when the moon is near-est

to the earth, is greater than when she isfarthest away. They are also more frequentwhen the action of the sun and moon on theearth is in the same direction; and shocks are

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likewise more frequentwhen the mocn is nearthe meridian than when she is near the hori-zon.

Arago, the greatest French scientist,

said" that those who disbelieved the moon*s18

"ft doctrine which has been appliedm Dotc'slaw oi the winds.

Yet the medical professionhas always beentoo narrow in its views, and has always neg-lected

important sciences;which may not bein the collegecurriculum, such as "THE DIAG-NOSIS

FROM THE EYE," a startling dis-

covery of interest to every truthseeker. The

average doctor does not suspect the largeamount of knowledge out of his reach, becauseit was not in his collegelessons.

As to lunar science, he knows nothingof the writings of Prot. Laycock of Englandand such eminent physicians as Mead, Tesla,Balfour, Ramazinni, Scott, Pearson, Kennedy,Orton, Allen,Leuret, Moseley, Proctor, Rob-ertson,

Smith, De la Lnnde, Toaldo, Howard,Quetelet,Pitcaim and Graves, beside manyobservations in writers of former centuries.

My attention was called to this by learningthat calculous and kidney diseases were worseat the new and full moon, and the nervous sys-tem

also in a worse condition.

I shall offer enough of these observationsto show that lunar periodicityought to beknown to all, and especiallyto all physicians.It is a perfect demonstration of the septimallaw, and attracted the observation of the an-cient

Egyptians, Greeks and Jews. Galen,the great Roman physician,discussed the sub-ject

extenbi\ elyin his writings. The influence20

of the moOQ on ulcers was shown lo the Lon-don

Medical Journal of 1785. Cullen and

fialfonr endorsed this idea. Mead showed

that the inflnenoe of the moon was greatestin apogee and perigee.

Balfonr, Lind, Scott, Farquhar and Pear-son

agree in the doctrine, that fevers in Ben-galand India are controlled by the moon,

and that not only in fevers,but in dysenteryas well as in convulsions, aggravations etc.,"occur most frequentlyduring the lunar peri-ods,

i.e. in fiftyhours before and afterthe newand full moon." They say that this was the

general opinion of the physicians of India.

Dr. Kennedy in his work on cholera in India

says that its attacks on both natives and for-eigners

are under lunar influence, Mr. Orton

says that **one gentleman had a paroxysm ofintermittent fever,every lunar month at the

new moon for two years and eight months."He had one paroxysm for two years invari-ably

at the new moon

The healthy and unhealthy periods he illus-tratedby the following drawing, in which the

black lines show the unfavorable periods,each of which extends three and three-quarterdays before and after the new moon or thefull moon.

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The attacks of cholera were most frequentone or two days before or after full moon orchange. Those eight days brought on 31 at-tacks,

and the other twenty days only fifteenattacks. In the middle of the quarter (sevendays after the critical time) there were no at-tacks

at all and on the fifth day after thefull or change there were only two attacks.Hence the new moon and full moon are dan-gerous

and halfway between them isquitesafe.These lunar influences arc much more power-ful

in India, because that climate developesgreat sensitiveness of the nervous system.But the effects would not be so exact and posi-tive

in^more northern climates. Everybodyis powerfully affected by the moon in the trop-ics,

especiallywhere the tides are high" hightides and high fever go together.

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Mead speaks of convulsions in a young fe-maletbat came on with the risingtide and

departed as it fell,and Brookes says that treat-mentsfor epilepsyshould be given a day or two

before full moon, as that is the time attacks

come on. Dr. Ebers of Breslau reported acase of somnambulism in a boy of elevenyears, which came on regularly every lullmoon. Dr. Rutter reported a case of hyster-algia,which for many years increased at everynew and full moon.

The influence of the moon on insanity,asobserved by Dr. Michael Allen is the same asshown in Orton's diagram for cholera, 11deaths at full moon, 15 at new moon, one atfirst quarter, three at last quarter.

11 Deaths

Observations in the Saltpetricrein Paris,showed the pulseof lunatics to be quickenedjustbefore the new moon.

Sexual excitement is influenced by the full^ moon, and in India the sexes of wild animals

are more apt to be found together at thattime, the full or new moon.

At the exact hour of the new moon Dr. Pit-cairn of Edinburgh was seized with hemor-rhage

and fainting,and Prof. Cockbuni atthe same hour died from a pulmonary hemor-rhage,

and five or six of his patients wereattacked by hemorrhages.

Dr. Moseley made a list of persons dying atfrom 113 to 1 69 years of age, proving that thevery old die at the new or the full moon, andfrom the records of illustrious persons con-cluded

that it was a generalrule.Dr. Robertson says that in the West Indies

all sorts of vegetables are fuller of sap at thenew and full moon ; hence the people gatherthe castor oil nuts and cut the sugar-cane etc.,at that time, but do not cut timber at thattime"the nuts are believed to be fuller of oil

then.

Dr. Smith says that farmers in Peru gathertheir maize crops in the decrease of the moon,for ifthey gather it in the increase it will notbe free of moths three months, even if thehusk is left out.

The observations of M. Toaldo on the

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weather of Lombardy for 48 years, showedthat the new moon and the full moon gener-ally brought a change in the weather" thenew moon six times in seven, the full moonfive times in six,and the perigee,seven timesin eight. The nearer the moon to the earththe more marked the effect,for when thenew moon coincided with the perigeethechange of weather occured 31 times in 32.

That the sun and moon have a powerful ef-fectupon everything is universallyknown.

Beside the heat, li^htand magnetism, and /the effects of moonlight, which are like those Iof the Roentgen rays, there is the direct effect \of gravitation. The sun at midnight adds tits gravitating power to that of the earth |and thus increases the vital burden" a de- J

pressionwhich it relieves when it rises to itszenith. The moon is so much nearer that itis also powerful" more than twice as strongas the sun" as we see it in tides when a vastmass of water is raised five, ten or fifteenfeet and in some placesa hurdred feet. Whenit is in conjunctionwith the sun at the newmoon, when itseffects are most injurious,itadds the depressingeffect of its gravitationto that of the sun, which makes midnightunwholesome to man. At the full moon itsends in the influence of the moon rays whichare very unfavorable to animal life. As it ispassingfrom one stage to another itproduces

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effects on vegetation with which farmers arefamiliar, as physicians are with its effects inthe syzygieswhcn it works with the sun andbringson attacks of cholera. An attractiveforce which rnises tides in some placesfromfiftyto a hundred feet high mnst certainlyaf*feet everything on the earth.

These things arc obvious to the dullest un-derstanding;but all the planets in the solar

system have their specialaffects,which are ofcourse periodiclike all planetary movements.They belong to light,electricity,magnetism/and psychicforces,which are illimitable;andI hold it demonstrable for I have discov-ered

inmj experiments that every planethas

a peculiarpsychic force different from everyother planet and effective upon the life ofman. All of this is governed by exact per-iods,

and it seems to be well established thatthe influence of the moon and planets affectsnot only the tides of the ocean but the wholemass of the earth, causing its volcanic forcesto become active and bring on earthquakes.Plinysays that Anaximander, a Greek astron-mer

** foretold the earthquakes which over-threwLacedoemon."

There is a certain condition of the planets^hich is believed to produce earthquakes andQr. Goad enumerates twentv earthquakeswhich coincided with that position. In 1881Mr. Pearce predictedearthquakes when that

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dajSyif not, we may wait to the 16th or even23(1.but the 27th is a Tery evil day.

Chap. 3.-SEPTIMAL SYSTEM.

Septimal system irprescnted by the days of the week.The first fifit^years analyzed and described" my per-sonal

experience" advice how to manage the sixthperiod to avoid misfortune and reach wisdom. Howthe months of the year are arranged in good andevil periods. How to find your periods by thetable " Importance of love and friendship.

Periodicityand fate of onr country from 1776 on intothe 20th century " onr public men, Washington,Adams, Jefferson,Hamilton, Burr, Calhoun, Doug-lass,

Clay. Young men our country'shope-nrich menour danger" another class our savior.

The septimaldivision of time correspondsto the days of the week and is most easilyunderstood by using their names, Sunday,Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday,Friday, Saturday. Sunday is the beginningof the week, Saturday its end. Sunday cor-responds

to the beginningof lifeand the otherdays to its progress.

If lifeis limited within fiftyyears, we havea periodof seven sevens for its first cycle.Thefirst seven years of the beginning of lifeis ofcourse a period of weakness and growth un-der

the protectinginfluence of parental love.The second or Monday period or seven tofourteen is a periodof more active and vigor-

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oas development under the same protectingcare and the third or Tuesday period fromfourteen to twenty-one is a period of^stillgreater vigor, still assisted by protection;hence the second and third are the best peri-ods.

The fourth or the Wednesday periodfrom twenty-one to twenty-eight is a periodofstrugglewithout protection,and consequent-ly

of care and trouble,as well as energy andaccomplishment.

The fifth periodfrom twenty-eightto thirty^five,or Thursday period in which care andresponsibilityis increased,is a period of in-tense

labor and the sixth or Friday periodfrom thirty-fiveto forty-two is the one inwhich the exhausting results of struggleandmisfortune become apparent in a laboriouslife.

The period from thirty-fiveto forty-two,being a periodof seven its sixth day or yearis the forty-first,and that is the year in whichcalamity,disappointment,illhealth and finan-cial

loss,are most likelyto appear ifthe desti-nyof the individual is not determined by his

stars as fortunate.

It was in my own experiencethe time whenI retired dissatisfied from my collegeposition,with some financial embarassment,

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some ene-mies,

the only ones I ever -realized,and cameBear losing my life in the Ohio River whenfrozen,by breaking through the ice. I have

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seldom found any whose forty-firstyear wasat all satisfactoryand free from misfortune.

The seventh or Saturday period from forty-two to forty-ninemay experiencethe linger-ing

effects of the sixth, but it is a period olcomparativcrest, and afterthe forty-fifthyearmen are excused from militaryduty to whichthey are liable from twenty-one to forty-five.

From forty-two to fifty-sixis a weak period,Saturday being rest day and Sunday an in-fantile

period,the beginning ol a second cycle,appropriate for change with the more auspic-ious

influence of the first twenty-one years of

a second cycleif the first has been successful.In our sixth periodwe need all possibleaid

from friendshipand love as we do in our first6th period which is the time of birth. Thebest assurance of- that is a happy marriage,and men generally obtain that by finding awife younger than themselves, bnt womenseldom seek the advantage of a youngerpartner.

It is too late to wait until the evil time andfind friends then. They should be found inour happier years, and it is desirable thatthey should be younger, by from 7 to 17years, which is a very favorable relation andit is equallyfavorable when they are twenty-five to forty-two our senior, in which casethough they may be very good friends, weare not so apt to enjoy them.

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I would also suggest that they are still,better friends when they have left the sphereof physicalexistence,and much more compe-tent

to give us good advice. Many calamitiesin human historywould have been preventedif spiritfriends or guardian angels had beenregularlyconsulted, for they have a clearerand more dispassionateview of all things.They frequentlyimpress women with warn-ings

which their husbands disregard. If Ju-liusCesar and Pontius Pilate had listened to

their wives, it would have been fortunate forthem. If Abraham Lincoln had consultedhis angel guardians when he felt the solemnpremonition of his own fate by assassination,his lifemight have been saved. There is noone who may not obtain this protecting in-fluence

if they seek it,for millions are nowaccessible to spiritualimpressions and capableof givingthem to others. Many a man's wifemight be his guardian angel if he would listento her impressions. If I were now to give mybest advice to a friend at his outset in lifeI

would advise him to get the advice of a scien-tificand honest master of astrology who

would show him the path of destiny whichhe has already trodden and must followthrough life,either blindlystumbling or withhis eyes open to all dangers. The ruler of theUniverse has fixed our pathway and we canwalk in it with eyes open or shut. I regret

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tiiat I did not learn the value of the science intime. It would have saved me from serious

errors.

If no such scientist is within reach, yourascended friends can see farther and clearer

than you, and knowing what I do I wouldnot be a true friend if I did not advise yourightly. They will advise you to lead a kindand honorable life as our elder brother JesusChrist advised the world, and if you do youwill get nearer to celestial wisdom. I havetried to show you in "Primitive Christian-ity"

what the pure religionof Heaven wasand is and il you seek that you will be be-loved

in life and honored in death, leaving agood memory among friends.

The first fiftyyears of lifeought to secure ahome and familr, a good reputation andgood friends in a good community.

In accordance with these views twenty-one

years is the natural period of encouragingprogress" the fourteen succeeding years, theperiod ol labor and laborious progress etc.,and the next seven ending at forty-two, theperiod of decline and danger; so that weneed be particularlyprudent and careful inour sixth period, taking no risks or heavyresponsibilitiesin our forty-firstyear.

Six being the evil number, needs to beguarded against. The sixth year of a child,the thirteenth, twentieth, twenty-seventh^

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thirty-fourthand forty-firstare all unfavor-ablein regular progression, bad. worse,

worst. But the months are as important tobe regarded as the years.

Months" If the year is divided into seven

periods of fifty-twodays each, the sixth per-iodwill prove to be the evil one. Taking my

own example, being born Dec. 11th, my per-iodsrun as follows :

Sunday" Dec. 11 to Feb. 1.Monday" Feb. 1 to March 25.Tuesday" March 25 to May 1 6.Wednesday" May 16 to July 7.Thursday" July 7 to Aug. 28.Friday" Aug. 28 to Oct. 20.Saturday" Oct. 20 to Dec. 11.

This, I think, has been verified through mylife. October has been my unlucky month, and

at the present time I am realizing as I write,the dangerous effects of an evil period upon myvitalitythough no one in meeting me wouldsuspect it from my appearance. I am quite surethe result will soon be fatal, for it is an evil

period developed in fortnightlyperiodicitywhichis the most fatal.

Our successful time is the first one hundred

and eighty-two days after the birth day.The latter half of our year is less promising,and the sixth period to be speciallyguardedagainst is from the 216th to the 312th day.

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In the 6th periodwhich beginsour daylightlife,we depend upon the love of parents andfriends. So, in onr 6th period throngh lifeweneed that aid and shonld seek to have friend-ship

and love to assist us.That friendlylove comes best from parents

who are 25 to 42 years older than ourselves.

Younger parents are less beneficent,under 14years it is an unfavorable parentage and un-der

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BlRTHDATE. EviL PERIODS.

January 1st, Sept. 18 to Nov. 9.February 1st, Oct. 19 to Dec. 10.March 1st, Nov. 16 to Jan. 7.

April1st, Dec. 17 to Feb. 7.May 1st, Jan. 16 to March 9.June 1st, Feb. 16 to April9.July 1st, March 18 to May 9.August 1st, April 18 to June 9.September 1st, May 19 to July 9.October 1st, June 18 to Aug. 9 JNovember 1st, July 19 to Sept. 9.December 1st, Aug. 18 to October 9.

From this table one may easilyascertainhis periods by advancing his figuresas hisdate advances in the month. Thus my date

being December 11, the addition of 10 dayswould change the evil period from Aug. 18thand October 9th. to August 28, October 19.The evil months in the evil year, 41, are sure

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led nearlyto the destruction of the Union bythe War of Secession, against which the Con-

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stitntion had not been guarded, as it wasformed at an unfavorable time. The move-ment

towards secession was assisted by thepolicyof Stephen A. Douglass, bom 1813, mour country's evil period,1811 to 1816. Myown period, 1814, is not a favorable onetoward this country. I cannot but antago-nize

its character and career with the sharpestcriticism. I could have no great sympathywith a population that was ready when apoliticaldifference arose to shed the blood ofmany hundred thousands instead of submit-

tiner to peacefularbitration, and which nowin blindness and selfishness is advancing to-ward

another civil war.

Henry Clay, bom in 1777, was by thatdate in unity or harmony with his country,in which he was immensely popular. Hefirmlymaintained Its rightsin the war withEngland, was active in restoring peace bya treaty, and in urging internal improvementsand the promotion of our infant manufact-ures,

but I felt in my. first interview with himin 1832, that my spiritof progress and hismind on the American plane of thought werenot in harmony. He received me with cor-dial

friendliness but as my period was in aFriday relation to his (37) I was not at-tracted,

and when I met another eloquent36

statesman who was reallymy friend,my Fri-dayrelation to his birth (40) made me incap-ableof enjoyinghis society.

If onr countrymen have already found thepatriotsthat may guard our welfare, it willbe fortunate in our coming troubles. Theyshould be attended to and cherished now.

It is probable that those bom in the darkdays of 1860 to 1867 will not bring a benefi-cent

influence. They will be about 50 yearsold at our next cataclysm (1909-15). Thisis not a positivedictum, but a suggestion tostimulate vigilance. Young men born be-tween

1887 and 1888 will probably be ourcountry's best friends. Men whose lives havenot been devoted to accumulating wealth areour best reliance. History has not contradictedthe opinion of Jesus that such men are notprepared for the kingdom of Heaven.They are not a beneficent influence,for any

passion long and successfullyindulged be-comespredominant. Even if wealth has been

obtained by means considered honorable andnot by financial strategem, it becomes a finan-cial

magnet_ to hold man in the sphere ofselfishness. The remark of Ingersollthat noman could own five millions,for the five mil-lions

would own him is not contradicted byexperience. There are a few who can holdlarge sums and maintain their brotherhoodwith humanity, but they are very rare and

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extraordinary characters and haTC not theopportunity. Hence they are not known.The miUionaire may retain some agreeablequalitiesespeciallyif his wealth was not ob-tained

by financial energy and.

sharpness.Neither the business world nor the church has

any conception of the duties of a rich man,though Jesus Christ has spoken truly. Mil-lionaire

wealth is fatal to a republicand hasalready dragged us down. And the peopledo not know that they own the land onwhich they toil. Women are our country'sbest friends, educated women can save us.The followers of Jesus Christ of Jerusalem,true disciples,will make a republicwhen theyappear.

Chap. 4 -NATIONAL PERIODICITY.

Oar country's history and fate" Calamities past" Ca^lamities to come." Periodicity of the United States-war of 1812, earthquake and financial distress" Whythe Reyolntionary warwas sncccssful" Why the Fed-eral

Constitution has been a partial failure. Criticaltimes under Adams, Jeffersoi^aadAaron Burr" Pur-chase

of LfOuisiana, not entirely a blessing" The Fri-daySeptimal introduced the war of the secession, for

fate has no more mercy on corrupting nations thanon individual sinners" secession resolutions came in

the^evilperiods" desolation and moral corruption "the crime of Bankers and Speculators. Shall it be re-form

or .revolution " 1910 an alarming time" Thevoice of Jesus above the storm" Nations ruined byavarice of their masters" Rome, Bgypt, Prance andSouth Carolina warn our dem|f[ogues in vain. Thethunder rolls in 1909.

The most striking illustration of the peri-odiclaw that I knowy is found in the destiny

of nations.

United States began as a nation July 4th,1776. Its first cycle extended to 1824. ItsFriday period was from 1810 to 1817. Dur-ing

that period came on the unsatisfactorywar with England called the war of 1812, itslast great battle being Jan. 8, 1815. Hadthe war been prolonged into 1816 it wouldhaTe been a much greater calamity. The endof a war is the gloomiest period, as derange-ment

and distress haTe accumulated. From1815 to 1820 was a period of great financial

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distress. The extensive earthquake of NewMadrid in 1811, which was in this periodchanged the face of an extensive region.

In the Revolutionary war, the first 7 yearsand 2 months brought Independence at the be-ginning

of the Monday period,September1783, and before its close in 1790 came thenew Federal constitution, in 1787 and 1788adopted with great difficultytoo late in theperiod. An earlier or much later adoptionwould have been more fortunate. Certain-ly

its results have not been satisfactory.From 1790 to 1797, the Tuesday period,Washington was elected in 1792 the Mondayof the Tuesday period. He gave up the officeand we lost his services in the Friday period1796.

From 1797 to 1804, the Wednesday period,occurred the contest arisingfrom the Federal-ism

of Adams and his alien and sedition lawswith the whisky insurrection and the dan-gerous

contests of Jeffersonand Burr in 1801,in which we narrowly escaped the triumphof Burr over Jefferson. The Wednesday pe-riod

on the whole was unpleasant and 1798was a period of contest with France, andWashington died in 1799, but on the otherhand Jeffersonpurchased Louisiana in 1806.It was a grand purchase for the UnitedStates, but in an unlucky year, and it resultedin the Civil War of secession,arisingfrom con-

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tests over the regulation of this territory.Jefferson was re-elected in 1805, leaving officein 1809, an unfavorable Friday period. Thusthe Friday period took away Washingtonand JefiFerson.Madison succeeded in 1809,the fifth year of the Thursday period (1804to 1811) therefore entitled to expect an itn-favorable reign which was more fullyverifiedfi-om 1811 to 1817" the seven year Friday pe-riod,

in which the Embargo and the war withEngland made an unhappy time,and the Brit-ish

army came to Washington.The Friday periodof the second cycle(1825

to 1874) extended from 1860 to 1867, andafter the hostile excitement of 1860 the war

began in 1861. The war of secession beganby the attack on Fort Sumpter, April 12,1861, in the midst of the Friday months,which extend from March 21 to May 12.The union troops were called for April 15,75,000, and May 3rd 82,000. March 21 toMay 12 is uniformly an unlucky time for theUnited States, most frequentlyby corruptand absurd congressionallegislation,of whkha great deal more is certain to follow.

The first week of May is the worst possibletime for the United States. A new President

comes in March 4th, and the carnival of

jobbery, intrigueand boodle, in dispensingpatronage runs riot for two evil months,ably illustrated by President Geveland when

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he botiglitthe Democratic party,and the gamewill soon begin again.

The acts of secession were passed oy theSouthern states in.the Thursday and Fridaymonths. In the Friday period,March 21 toMay 12, by VirginiaApril25, Arkansas May6, North Carolina soon after May 20, Tenn-essee

June 8. In the Thursday period,Janu-ary27 to March 21 and nineteen days of

Wednesday by MississippiJanuary 8, byFlorida January 10, and Alabama January11,-Georgia January 19, Louisiana January26 and Texas February 1. The entire seces-sion

was in the unfavorable latter half of the

period excepting South Carolina, December28, 1860, which South Carolina put into ac-tion

April12, 1861. Counting from December1860, the secession rebellion then begun, last-ing

five years and four to five months, endingin its fatal sixth period,leavingdesolation andmisery where it had ruled. Desolation wascomplete when we had reached the Nadir ofour destiny and we are going to the sameplacenow " ^blind as bats to our destiny.

At the end of its seven year period 1867,the process of recovery began painfullyinweakness through the South, while the Northbecame the hot-bed of the politicalcorruptionof the Friday period (1866) so fearfullypor-trayed

by Mr. Lincoln in one of his letters,the

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rency lost,their autonomy not yet restored,the ignorant blacks coming into controllingpositions.

The entire destruction of their currency,the greatest of financial calamities was

greatly aggravated by the subsequent con-tractionprompted by the bankers, about five

hundred millions being destroyed,when thereshould have been an issue of $500,000,000 toreplace the entire loss of their money. Thiswas as disastrous as another year of war.We may therefore rightlysay that the worstFriday year was 1866, the most calamitoustime of the nation, the South ruined, and theNorth loaded down with debt, with a vast

pension list, and the demoralization pro-ducedby war a^d the cormorant impulses of

knavish speculators,fostered by four years ofopportunity, a demoralization which is work-ing

out its natural result today, and giviagusthe sure promise of another period "f natio-nal

disaster equal to that from 1861 to1865.

The sword of justicehangs over our heads,for no nation can escape the calamities thatfollow universal selfishness,and as the secondcorresponding period of calamity is not faroff all prophetic minds are looking forwardwith fear. From 1867 to 1874 was our Sat-urday

period,in which the evil effects result-ingfrom the Friday period were continued,

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and in the Friday year, 1873, additional fi-nancialtrouble was caused by unprincipled

legislationand corporate greed,which madeSenator Newton Booth ask in 1874 if it were

possibleto have any reform or if oppressionmust go on until revolution comes.

Our next cyclereaches from 1874 to 1923,and its Friday period comes from 1909 to1916.

As 1811 brought war within one year, July19th, and 1860 brought war in a year, April15th, an inauspiciousmonth for its inaug-uration,

we maj expect if those precedentsare followed that 1910 will bring civil war,or at least bring us to the brink of it,and asspring is the most unfavorable time to thecountry, especiallythe inauguration of apresident,March 4th, it seems that our thirdpresidentafter McKinley will be in as perilousposition as Lincoln, either unable to rule atall or only ruling at the head of a faction.And the second will find himself in a storm.

This is not a war of sections before us but

a war of classes the most terrible that can be

imagined. The wealth that has been accumu-lated,and by its accumulation has filled the

land with sufferingand poverty, and the grind-ingaction of corporations,and other combi-nations

that disturb the whole course of in-dustry,

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must rouse a feelingof irengeance in tlieminds of victims if they can discover who aretheir oppressors.

The truth must in time dawn on the humanconscience that no man has a right to mon-opolize

anything and no man has a right tohoard up millions for riotous luxury, anddomineering power while his fellow men aresuffering"that no man has a rightto ignorethe divine law of brotherhood, and thereforeJesus was right when he said the rich manwould not enter heaven, for the rich man is acriminal under divine law as long as he al-lows

sufferingto go unrelieved and as long ashe enforces a social system of strugglingcom-petition

fortified by monopoly which compelssuffering,while the people'sland, the people'5roads and the people'smoney are monopo-lized.

His palaces and his lordlybanquets in sightof human suffering,despair and suicideamong his disowned brothers, will rise in tes-timony

against him, and a social order willbe established that will forbid the uprisingand perpetuation of avaricious millionairesto corrupt societyand teach a perpetual les-son

ot swinish selfishness,while corruptingthe government into despotism that shouldstand for freedom and universal prosperity.It is only a repetitionof history" the samedrama of wealth corruption and ruin shown

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in Rome and Egypt" the slavery of themasses predictingtl^ destruction of the aT-aricious classes as it did in Greece and as itdid in South Carolina, but besotted wealthheeds no warning. The white man is morerebellious and revengefulthan the black slave.Our good periods end with the century. Theclouds gather in 1902 and the thunder rollsin 1909 to introduce the storm. It is a happythought to me that I shall not be here towitness the coming Friday period. The na-tional

demoralization has already gone sofar that the philanthropist will not be lis-tened

to and crime must go on to its punish-ment.My lifeis utterlyforeignto the pres-ent

system, and it will be a relief to leave it.

Chaf. 5-THE laws of PERIODICITY.

APPLIED TO THE HOURS OF THE DAY.

Moming hotirt feeble" Noon hours strong " ^Naturedroops after six" Yoan? and weak mnst go to bedeariy" Evfl honrs after 11 p. m." Rest till sunrise"Ruinous effects of work before sunrise" But there isanother law of liftnow discovered I

Wlien the twenty-four hours of the day arcdivided into seven equal parts, each will bethree hours and three-sevenths,equal to threehours twenty-fiveand five-sevenths minutes,counting it 3 hours, 26 minutes, and begiii-

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iiittgthe day on an average at 6 a. m., thesnocessiTe periodswill be as follows:Sunday" 6 to 9:26.Monday" 9:26 to 12:52.Tuesday" 12:52 to 4:18.Wednesday" 4:18 to 7:44.Thursday- 7:44 to 11:10.Friday" 11:10 to 2:36,Saturday" 2:36 to 6.

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The morning or Sunday hour of youthfulfreshness and preparation,laying in nourish-ment,

and active freedom of movement, but

not the hour cf vigor or the best achieve-ment.

The Monday hours are the hours of energy,achievement and success, the best part of theday. The Tuesday or afternoon hours aregood also, but not as good as Monday;and Wednesday, when fatigue begins is agreat deal less favorable, but may carry onand consummate the work of the seven best

hours. The Thursday hours of night workare stillless favorable and finallydemand apause.

The Friday hours are the time of rest whichshould never be invaded by labor. Nature thenwithdraws her resources; malaria concen-trates

near the earth; criminals, burglars andassasins are tempted to engage in crime, andthe protectivepower of dayhght and societyis gone. The sun beneath the earth has a de-

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pressing power to match his elevatingpowerat noon, and if the moon appears it giyes nolife,for it ha^ no vital force to give. The Sat-urday

hours after three,bring on a more rest-fulcondition until daylight; the dews or

frosts of the night are giving some freshnessto the air. The secretions of the body havepurifiedthe blood, and the supply of oxygenin the blood is increased,and the excreta areready for discharge which should be attendedto. The body and brain realize restorationand preparationfor activity.

This corresponds to the ante-natal condi-tionbefore birth as sunrise corresponds to

birth. The condition of the infant is nour-ishedand growing. This is the time that we

g^row and our rest is like the ante-natal rest.We rise in the morning a little taller thanwhen we laid down at night.

The ante-natal rest is sustained by themother's lifeand love and the Saturday restbefore day issustained by the spiritof the uni-verse;

that is the time when in our passivc-ncss, all things being tranquil,our spiritfriends are able to come with blessings,orwith visions more vivid as day approaches;and morning dreams or visions are apt to betrue or symbolical of the truth. The Fridayperiod forbids action, and invites us to relyon the oversoul of the universe, just as theforty-firstyear invites us to caution and re-

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Eoseinstead of action and risk. The Sunday

our of rising after six o'clock is to^ianypeople's constitutions an hour of feebleness,when neither, brain nor body should be in anyway taxed; this I have often realized whendebilitated. Even those who are robustshould not tax themselves heavily then, fortheir strength is not fullydeveloped and itwould diminish their energy through the day

Farmers and laborers who rouse them-

selves for labor long before sunrise shortentheir lives and exhaust the nervous system.This ispeculiarlydestructive to children,who,being in their Sundov period,the first sevenyears, should not be taxed in any way, butshould enjoy the morning rest. For one togo to work before breakfast is-like puttingchildren to labor; to rouse before day forwork is somewhat like taxing the unbornchild through its mother. It is taxing theconstitution before itiscompletelyrenovated.The amount of lunacy and brain exhaustion

among farmers is due largely to their earlyrising,and imposiug early rising on theirchildren. Our writers on hygiene should en-deavor

to make this extensivelyknown.Humanity forbids child labor in factories.

It should forbid all labor between ten at

night and six in the morning. Indeed sevenis an earlyhour for the factory bell;half-past9even or eight would.be better; from eight to

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Chap. S.-VITAL PERIODS AND EXTER-NAL

PERIODS COMPARED.

THE LIGHT OF THE SOUL AND THE LIGHT OF

THE SUN AS SOURCES OF LIFE.

The begianings of liie are critical periods" The first yeara battle--Stroag and weak constitutions explained "Tbe two critioU periods of life" When we harestrength and why" Dajr work and ni|^htwork"Morning weakness and sickness " Precautions for oldmen " A hygienic discoTcry- Farm laborers and dai-rymen

" Management of children " Afternoon work "

Legislators" Table of morning life and evening life"The two dates, importance of, the one unknown-Nero's mother" Controlling the creative process-Hypocritical superstition in favor of ignorance-Doty to posterity"Birth dates and life dates com-pared- Wnen ritalitv fails" The Friday periods oflife dates" Dangers at birth" The mysterious law "Critical Friday time at weaning" Birthday advice "Period of iiestation-Critical time in 40th year" Thevernal eqmnox" Suppers and breakfasts " Birth dates.

The Beginnino of Life." Our first en-tranceinto this world gives us the most im-pressive

lesson in periodicity,though we aretoo joung to learn it,and no one has profitedby the lesson.

Our life begins at conception, and this first

year of our life comes to its Friday period af-terbirth. Dividing our first year into its

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our mother is preparing to throw ns off intothe dangers of the outside world, for the per-iod

^df gestationis usually 270 days^(or 280)which brings us into our Friday period andthe longer the birth is postponed, the fartherit advances us into the Friday period,and themore dangerous it becomes to the motherand the child for she sympathizes with heroffspringin the Friday period. It is a criticalperiod and the church is accustomed to prayfor the safetyof women in child-bed. In thiscritical,p^eriod we lose the protection andnourishment of the mother's constitution,and are cast forth into serious dangers" im-mediate

perilof health and lifewhich we usu-allymanifest by the cry of alarm. The act of

birth has exposed us to many accidents ifnot calamities, and the earlier it begins toavoid the Friday period, the better for oursafety,but the evil days must be realized. Itis the most tragicalperiodof our whole ex-istence,

for unless the circumstances are fav-orable,half the children born die in the first

six years. Starting in the unfavorable Fri-dayperiod of our first year of existence, we

enter upon our lifeof exposure in its Sundayperiod of exterior weakness, and in the Fri-day

month ol our complete life. Hence thefirst six weeks of the infant are a very critical

period,being all in the Friday month.This historyshows that we have two per-

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iods to calculate, the life period, which is 9months longer,as it begins that much earlier,and the day period, which commences atbirth. As the consequences of these two per-iods

extend through life,they give us an im-portantlesson. When the originallife force

IS strong, it gives us abilityat particulartimes which differ from the day force,andwhen it is feeble we must depend on the dayforce and fail when that fails.

The first 3H hours of the morning have lit-tlestrength for the day life and less for the

spiritlifeor vitality. Nothing great is doneat this time, and all great exertion isexhaust-ing

and ultimatelydestructive. Old men inin their fortnightlyFriday, when day life haslost its power, should do little in the fore-noon.

After a light breakfast they shouldretire to their couch and commune with their

spiritfriends and God in a comfortably warmapartment, which must be thoroughly venti-lated.

The detrimental effect of morning laborseems to me an important hygienicdiscovery,for I have never seen or heard any allusion toit by hygienists,practicalmen or miscellane-ous

writers and yet the facts are patent.Anyone may observe the premature exhaus-tion

and vital dullness of farm laborers in

comparison with people of the city who ob-strve later hours. The rapid exhaustion of

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lifein horses of tlie street cars is a familiarfact, and still more remarkable is the ex-hausted

condition of horses and drivers ofmilk wagons that start their labors long be-fore

daylightto serve customers in the morn-ing.There is a great contrast too between

the farmers' work horses that start early,and the saddle and carriagehorses that ob-serve

later hours.

Calling up children early to study beforebreakfast or immediately after is an iniquity.No school should begin before nine o'clock.

The maximum of this follyis reached in theunnatural hours of monasteries.

There is a great deal of night service of po-licemen,servants and railroad employes

which is highlyinjurious.Strenuous exertion in the afternoon hours

is well borne by those of strong vital tempera-ment,for it is their best time" and they are

vigorous tilltwelve p. m.

The greatest mental peformances of strongmen are in the late afternoon and evening.Legislativebodies do well to meet at 10 inthe forenoon and continue until 10 or 11 atnight or later.

We may speak of the two sources of life asmorning life and evening life. They run to-gether

as follows,beginning:55

liORNINC Ll^fi. EVBNINO UFS.

6 A. M. " Sunday, Friday.9:26" Monday, Saturday.

12:52" Tuesday, Sunday.

Constitutions strong in the lifepower, datefrom nine months before birth, as their mostimportant period. Their native strength isfavorable to longevity.

Constitutions with a feeble endowment of

spiritor lifemust relychieflyon the sun forceof the day, food, air and sunshine, and datefrom birth and sunrise. Their force declineswith the sun and they should retire early asthe animals do. They are unfit for nightwork. Their best energy is from 9:30 to 1 p.

M., which is moderately maintained till sixor seven. They should retire not later than9 p. M. and must have absolute rest from

11:30 to 3.The highly vital class date their vigorous

life not from sunrise to one p. m, but from 1

p. M. to 8, with a prolongation in goodvigor to 12 or 1 p. m. They endure nightwork with ease.

VITAL PERIODS AND EXTKSNAL PERIODS COM-PARED.

Studies of human lifeheretofore have beenbased upon our birth. From that date we

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months and coming dajs. But lookingdeeperinto the subject I perceivedtkat there wasanother and a very influential date.

We do not begin life in birth. Life begannine months earlier,by conception,and thosenine months are decisive. They are the mostimportant portion of our life,when the foun-dation

of our destiny is laid, and astrologymust be an incomplete science until it takescognizance of conception as well as birth.And humanitarian science is a very imperfectsort of sanctimonious quackery as long as it.neglectsthe prenatal life which determinesthe fate of coming generationsby the impres-sions

made. These are our permanent flatuteand if they are very evil mipressions theymay give us a wretched destiny,which cen-turies

in the higher world, may not be ableto overcome.

The mother of Nero (Agrippina)was a sorterof the monster emperor Caligula,endowedwith a similar nature, and the evil impressshe made in her offspringwas rewarded bybeing murdered by her own son who is prob-ably

still in the dark regions provided forcriminals in the spiritworld.

To control the creation of humanity is aphilanthropy beyond all others. But theywho lead in such a reform are liable to be as-sailed

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mask of pretended Christianity,and seeks topersecute all who bring the discussion of suchsubjectsbefore the people who are interestedinstead oi having it confined to the medicalprofession,to whom it is a question of pro-fessional

business.I will show presentlyhow to perform youj-

duty to posterity and insure children whomay rise up and call you blessed; but justnow I must show how the dates of concep-tion

and birth bear upon our destiny andupon the proper use of our time.

We haye nine months with our mother, be-forewe depend on air,food and sunshine for

our earthlylife,.andhave to count ourearthlydestinyfrom sun dates.

It is more important to be well conceivedthan to be well bom, for that conceptionmay carry us to the loftiest destiny and if anevil conception our doom is sealed.

Both conception and birth give criticaldates, and both should be studied to deter-mine

our lifeperiods and policyin years andmonths.

As conception is usuallynine months earliei*than birth the reader will perceivethat onewho is bom on January 1st was probablyconceived April 1st in the preceding year.The month of conception therefore comes,though nine months earlier, three monthslater in the same year than the month of

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tenor lifewhich may beginat the 260th dajor end of the 5th period and last 52 days.

From the 260th to the 270th day is usuallythe beginning of our Friday trouble, as thematernal constitution is unable to shelter us

any longer. We are thrust out in distress "the sooner the better" even if we cornea little

sooner before Friday it is a little better.Parturition should never be delayed" for thelonger delayed the worse it is for mother andchild;anything beyond ten days is evil and adelayfrom the 260th to the 300th day is dan-gerous

and probably fatal. The "04th daywould, accordingto the periodiclaw, be themost disastrous period.

Hence the external lifebeginsifidistress andweakness, as it begins in the Friday time o"vitality" (though it is reallythe indispensableinfluence of a new lifeby oxygen) a large num-ber

dying in the first month of birth. ThatFriday time is a much more serious dangerthan a battlefield or most attacks of fever h

rightlytreated.The exterior lifeis then at its beginning or

Sunday period,a period of great weakness atfirst,handicapped by the sudden loss of sup-port

from maternal vitality. Thus great ex-haustionis precipitatedupon great weakness

and nothing but the tenderest care keeps halfthe infants alive through the first five years.Why this should reappear through life at

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the same day of tte montk, science catmotfullyexplain at present, but we know thatthere is a common law of periodicityin dis-ease.

Hay fever is very punctual in its re-turnsand many other constitutional affec-tions

are liable to recurrence. All we can do

is to recognizethe law as a fact" a fact thatgoverns all worlds.

The internal life gets through its Fridayperiod and Saturday period in 104 days andin the third month or Sunday, intelligencebe-gins

to dawn where only rest and growthhad been observed.

In nine months or even 260 days, the Fri-daytime comes to the external life,while the

internal life has gained substantial strengthfrom its best periods,Monday, Tuesday andWednesday. This is the time when the sup-port

from the mother's breast must cease and

the infant must learn to relyon other food "a critical change. To continue nursing longerthan nine months is to overtax the mother,especiallyif she has any labor, and by sym-pathy

injurethe child. Neither gestationnornursing can run into the Friday period withimpunity. The nine month law or Fridaylaw must be obeyed.

We may infer that at first when our mother

drops us and at our second Friday period sheweans us the cause is sufficient,but whydoes it come regularlyat that time ?

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Sunday birtk anniyersaries must be associ-atedwith Friday anniYersaries of exhaustioo

from the loss of mother. Hence our birth

periods are not auspicious,but requirecare,rest and protection,and birthdays shouldnever be celebrated with any extravagancebut should be pleasant, social occasions, toreceive marks of friendshipand aflFection,avoiding drunken revelry, or exposure andcatching cold.

Like other unlucky times it should be shel-teredby all possibleprudence and friendship.

It is no time for bold enterprises,for the vitalforce is not well sustained, according to per-iodic

law.The periodof gestationor intra-uterine life

is a period of benevolence from the maternalconstitution, in which the foundation of lon-gevity

is laid. The elephant has almost two

years of gestationand two years of sucklinginfancyand his constitution is so built up thathe even exceeds man in longevity. Short livedanimals have short periodsof gestation andare very prolific,like the rabbit,which the ele-phant

is not.It is with human life as with human enter-prises,

which are in their most delicate stageat their beginnings,and probably may followthe human laws of periodicity,but that ques-tion

I have not practicallytested. Yet in ref-erenceto this republicthe human law has

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been and will again be verified early in tbt20th century.

The practicalinference from the study ofvital periodicityis that we should be ex-tremely

careful of our health in the 40th yearof life as well as the forty-firstfor it is theforty-firstafter conception" and in the thirdand fourth months after the Friday periodof the year" that is" beginning three monthslater,and lasting52 days" the worst day be-ing

about the 134th from the beginning ofFriday time of our external life. Thus ourFriday vital deficiencyreappears at the threemonths later than the Friday time of our ex-ternal

relations or sun periods and runs tor52 days.Having arrived at this conclusion by pe-riodicity

for myself I learned that it was con-firmedby astrology" and thus periodicity

and astrology put me in an unfavoraWe con-ditionin IXecember and January 1896-7,

which I am now verifyingin great debilitybut taking great care. Thus as the Sundayperiod of day life,which with me commencesDec. 11, is handicapped by the arrival at thesame time of the Friday period of internallife" it must requireespecialcaution in avoid-ing

exposure or heavy taxation.The reader will understand that the three

months difference between exterior and inter-ior

periods correspond nearly to two 8C|^

timal periodsof the year, which enables thefirst day of the vital Friday to correspond tothe first exterior Sunday and its last to reachthe exterior Monday.

Another valuable inference is that sunriseand the vernal equinox or sunrise of the yearare critical periods like our birth days. Thelassitude of the vernal equinox is sometimesjocoselycalled the springfever,and suggeststhe idea of taking a short fast to help theconstitution.

I attach great hygienicimportance to thesuggestion of protecting our early morninghours. As the evening and afternoon periods,dating from the originof lifehave a closer re-lation

to vitalityand longevity,they deservemore attention in that respect. Hence we

may say that early morning work is more ex-haustingand ultimatelymore injuriousthan

night work. I do not believe that indoor oc-cupationsrunning to midnight or later are so

unfavorable to fifeas occupations that beginbefore sunrise. Night occupations requirethe"exclusion of outside influences which dependon the course of the sun and early morningoccupations should be protected from theearlymorningfogs and malaria and especiallyfrom earlymorning hunger. Breakfast shouldconsist of fruits or vegetables and coarsebread. Hungry exhaustion before breakfast

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tries of having tea at six and a supper at nine.A similar object is attained by having a sub-stantial

dinner quite late, from five to nine.The tendency of the fashion has been to makethe dinner more and more late. An intervalof twelve hours between the evening andmorning nourishment is too long.*

In the Friday period of long life,70 to 84,(especially82-83) there is a partialprotec-tion

in the fact that the Wednesday vital per-iodis present.

It also follows as the vital period is ninemrmths earlier that in reference to health theevil time may appear nine months earlier thanin the day period, not in the Friday monthsof the 41st year but nine months earlier.Hence the beginning of the 41st year may beas unfavorable in some respects as its Fridaymonths. The Friday months of day life re-late

more to external relations and the Fri-dayat the beginning of the year to persona]

conditions.

*We would advise everybody to cultivate the two meal a day plan"breakfast about 9 A. M. and dinner at 5 to 6 P. M. " giving, when-ever

it is possible,preferenceto a meatless diet, consisting of unf iredfruits and vegetables, according to the season, with good coarse bread;such food is more than nourishing; it gives strength as its vitality hasnot been destroyed by cooking.

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Chap 7-THE FORTNIGHTLY PERIODS

OP A LONG LIFE.

Long liYCt require a longer rule but do not suppress tbeshort mle " Second cycle a real improvement andprogress, but a decline in earthly external affairs^The long scale to 99 " When decline begins" The ao-tnnmal period" The winter after 77" The lon^ crisis80 to 82" The long scale corresponds to nmyersalexperience" Lessons from tables of mortality" Deathour best friend.

Any failure to realize some adversity in the41st year, which rarely occurs" may have anexplanation aside from interference of othersor astrological reasons referringto distantperiods. It was forced on my attention inthe case of Judge A. and ascribed to thestrength of his constitution which gave hima long life. This led me to consider the des-tiny

of those who occupy two cycles. If weconsider the septimal division of a lifeattain-ing

two cyclesa life of ninety-eightor a hun-dred

years, it leads to an important principlewhich at first I had overlooked, supposingthe second cyclewould be an improvement onthe first,as Monday is an improvement onSunday, and if the second cycle leads to thehigher world the great improvement is mani-fest,

but if it is merely an extension of earth

life,it requiresus to consider the entire life as66

Thursday or fifty-sixto seventy being the au-tumnalperiodcompared to a year, when the

harvest should be gathered, and as naturehas no'new achievements or growths we canbut hold on to our harvest and take care ofit. At seventy the cool period or Friday be-gins,

extending to eighty-four"nature nolonger builds up new forces" the sun of life iswithdrawing from us, passing the autumnalequinox. The fieryardor of youth is gone.The energiesexhausted by any labor have nofoundation to draw upon " the cold winter

approaching is oppressiveto the old but be-comesmore spiritualas earthly vitalityde-clines.Our remnant of vitalitymust be pro-tected

or it will soon be exhausted" each is

my^ condition now. The decline of vitalityprecedesthe external decline,and birth datesare a critical time.

The Friday period,70 to 84, bringsits sixthcrisis from eightyto eighty-two as eighty-twoto eighty-fouris the seventh or Saturday end,for in the long life calculation we go by four-teens. Hence in my own case, bom in 1814,

my Friday period,seventy to eighty-four,ar-rivesin 1884 to 1898 and comes to its crisis

in my present, eighty-secondyear. As in thefortnightlycalculation of a long life,the sep-timal periodswould be not fifty-twobut onehundred and four

"hence from 104 to 208

days prior to Dec. 11th, 1896, would be my68

worst period,which would extend from May20 to Aug. 29, which I have fullyverified. Itwas a dark period of financial trouble, incipi-ent

paralysisand a littlediscord, and I realizedhow little sympathy a life devotedf.to scien-tific

truth receives from the mankind of this

world and how desirable a higher home hasbecome.

I may pass through this crisis into the Sat-urdayend of the fourteen year period, but I

have no expectation of completing the Satur-dayperiod, as the Friday period has nearly

exhausted me, unless my reinforcement fromthe higher world should be truly marvelous.I realize daily that they are sustaining me,and their responsive sounds when I lie down,or when I write or think anything that spec-ially

pleasesthem assures me of guardianship.They tell me that too that writing this littlebook was a wise undertaking, as it is not toofar from common life. The Saturday end,1896 to 1898, has its favorable vital time inthe summer, which may sustain me throughthe year.

Certainly this fortnightlyview of a doublecycle or fullydeveloped life corresponds withthe usual experience of mankind " very fewhave much energy after eighty. Neither Bis-marck

or Gladstone are their country^s lead-ers.

Life is in its most critical time at birth

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but improTes so that those who have lived toten have a much better prospect than those

justbom. The prospect of lifehas increasedten years and one month by the Carlisle tableand fourteen years seven months by theNorthampton table.

The mean duration of lifeat seventy yearsfrom the reports of twenty officer is eightand a half years, a little over the first half ofthe Friday period. At eighty it is four andthree-quartersyears, a few months beyondthe end of the Friday period. At ninety it istwo years and a third. Thus at the begin-ning

of our Friday period we may expect torealize seventeen twenth-eighths of the pe-riod,

but if we live ten years longer mayreach the end of it. In the decimal periods,from ten years onward, the viabilityor pros-pect

of life decreases with some regularity.Thus if at the age of ten there is a probabilityof living fiftyyears longer, at the age oftwenty we should expect only forty-twoyears more. The reserve force or possiblelongevity,which at twenty is estimated asgood for forty-two years, declines so thatat the beginning of the Friday period,at theage of seventy, the viability is only eightyears and a half" thus lifecontinually declinesfrom its first full development. It rises to itsmaximum in the first three periods,which arethe most favorable of all,and declines until

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it is exhausted. But the table shows thatthose who have attained an advanced age had

a much greater originalvitalitythan thosewho have not survived.

Such is the history of the periods of earthlife. But man has an eternal life,and the sec-ond

cycle,though it is a decline as to the earthis a progress as to his eternal life" an increasein wisdom, in the development of his soul,inthe control of his passions,and ifhe has livedrightly,in the maturity of his happiness. Heshould then be ready to depart at the end ofhis century to the better life unless he has

some grand work for humanity to complete.The angel of death is his best friend.

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Chap. 8-PERIODICITY OP IMMORTAL

LIFE AND PARENTAL INFLUENCES.

Periodicity is evolution, or progress to a higher career-Earthly ^misfortunes of life help the higher life" Weare snatched away from a mismanaged life" A liferuled from above is not snatched away " Great life apossibility" New aspects and sources of life, thespiritand the sun " Sunrise and stmset and the equi-nox

"Heaven comes as earth recedes " Barth life year

"December 8 to January 29 its dark period" Life atthe equator" The calendar year " Showing sun life-Statistics of suicide illustrate periodicity" Externalperiods belong to the animal nature" Very interestingstatistics" Philosophy of heat and cold in climates "Life from the spiritworld differs from sun life" Won-derful

relations of the two lives explained" Practicalinference" Lessons from the two forces" Cause ofthe jollynight time " The proper bedtime" Dangers ofthe night.

Effect of marriage at different ages of offspring" Rela-tionsof parents and offspring.

The periodicitythat surveys mortal life inperiods of seven or fourteen years is not thewhole periodicity of man.

The fundamental conception of periodic-ityis evolution or continual progress with

variation and subsidence as in wave-like mo-tion"Sundaysof commencement continually

receiving for new progress as well as the useand full of Mondays and Fridays. Mondayand Tuesday the crest of the wave " Fridaythe valley between waves.

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The 98 years in 14 periods represent anearthlycareer coming to its end when over-powered

by adverse influences. But whenthe career is ended a highercareer begins andthe whole progress of life is toward that

higher career in another sphereof progressionand the two careers widelydiffer.

That which seems the misfortune of the

earthlycareer, breakingit down, is an intro-ductionto the higher career, and may there-fore

be considered in one sense a blessing.The sickness in which earth fades from oursightis the dawning of a higherlife,an easytransfer. It may be compared to the decayand bursting the seed in the cold groundwhich enables the plant to reach sunshineand developesits flower" yes and that plantgoes on as it fallsin frost to a higherspirit-ual

life.The second cycleI regarded as an improve-ment

on the first by the law of progress, butthe second cycleleads to death and diminishesour capacitiesfor earth life. In the earthlyview it may seem unfortunate as a decline "but in a larger view it is a higher develop-ment

or unfoldment of wisdom and nearer

approach to our highestlife.Thus the decline of the earthly being the

advance of the heavenly,progress is the con-tinuallaw" from the things of earth m battle

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I'he convtilsiTe strugglesot eartli life re-leaseas more promptly, and the beneYolent

angel of death takes ns out of suflFering,buta lifeblessed by closer relations to the higherworld has a more pleasant and healthful pro-gress

and does not need to be snatched awayfrom earthly toils until the normal end ofearth Hie,for animal as well as vegetable lifehas a normal limit. Yet it would seemthere might come an ampler development ofhumanity which might, like the trees of athousand years deep rooted in earth, and ex-panded

to the sky live through the centuries.

TWO LIVES.

Man has two lives,temporal and eternalor rather two aspects of life.

One is visible,the other invisible. One is il-luminatedby the visible sun" the other by

the invisible spirit.The one flourishes in the sunshine and

declines in its absence. Its two halves are di-vided

by sunrise and sunset in each day" bythe vernal and autumnal equinox in eachyear.

The invisible life comes in as the visible de-clines.It overhangs the hours of darkness

on earth, and occupies the "night-side ofNature." It over arches the wintry half ofthe year. It comes nearer as the terrestriallife recedes, and when the terrestrial life is

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But there is a view of lifewhich corres-pondsnearlywith our calendar year, as it be-gins

properly at Dec. 25, the winter solstice.As the difference of a few day sis not very im-portant,

we may count by the calendar yearfor convenience, which is six days in advance,and deduct six :

Sunday" to Feb. 21.Monday" to April14.Tuesday" June 5.Wednesday" July 27.Thursday" Sept.17.Friday" Nov. 8.Saturday" Dec. 31.At the equator there is no division of the

year into terrestrial and spiritualhalves. Itis all terrestrial,and the only spiritualrelieffrom day lifeis in its nights,which vary littlefrom the half of 24 hours.

This indicates a fullness of animal life in

tropicalregions and probable predominanceof the animal nature, which is certainlyre-alized

in Central Africa and in some cannibal

islands,but this may be counteracted by thesuperior nervous susceptibilityof hot cli-mates"making

the nightlyvisits of spiritualbeings more easy.

The evil effects of tropicalclimates appearin the lowlands and not in the mountains.

These principlesare further illustrated bythe periodicityof suicide,crime and insanity.

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SUICIDAI^ PERIODICITY.

The statistics of suicide in San Francisco,as given by the Health Department reportsof 1896, correspond with the law of periodi-city.

For this calculation which relates tothe spiritualcondition of man, the year maybe regarded as beginning at the winter sol-stice,

or return of the higher powers, be-ginningDec. 25, which ancient nations cele-brated

as the birth of the year " or on thefirst of January, which is six days later.

The first six months to the end of Junewould correspondto three and a half periods,Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and the first halfof Wednesday. This is the whole favorablehalf of the vital period. The second sixmonths from June to January, would corres-pond

to the unfavorable half,Thursday, Fri-dayand Saturday, with the last half of

Wednesday.The first or favorable vital half had but fif-ty-eight

suicides and the second half had

ninety-four,thus the animal spiritsrise as thesun is approaching and fall as it goes away.In the last three months of the year as itends, the sun has gone far away and the sui-cides

were forty-six,but when the new yearbegan, the sun coming north, the suicides de-creased

from forty-six to eighteen" the lastthree mpnths being twice as evil as the first

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three. Friday and Saturday were two and ahalf times as evil as Sunday and Monday.

The beginning is far better than the ending.So it is in human life. The first twenty-

eight years or fortnightlySunday and Mon-dayof a long life are far superiorto Friday

and Saturday or 70 to 98.The external periodsof material lifeseem to

belong to the animal nature, as the internalor vital periods belong to the spiritualna-ture,

and Ens[lishstatistics publishedby Dr.Laycock of the York Dispensary, confirmthis, as they show the maximum number ofsuicides in summer, minimum in winter. Thedeaths from drunkenness at London reached

their maximum in summer, minimum in win-ter.The cases of insanityreached their max-imumin June and July,their minimum in De-cember

and January, The crimes againstpersons reached their maximum in June,their minimum in January. But the with-drawal

of the sun in winter makes it a Fri-day

period for animal life and shows an in-creasednumber of deaths in Belgian sta-tistics.

Thus it seems that the more the animal na-tureflourishes under the patronage of the

sun, the more it overpowers the spiritualna-tureof interior life. This seems to be verified

also in nations, as the people of the NorthTemperate Zone have generallya highermor-

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alitythan those nearer the tropics,and hayeconquered them in conflict. The Greenlanderscontrast .fayorablywith the people of Daho-me J, who seem the vilest specimens of human-ity

the world has ever produced, vastly infer-iorto the Kaffirs of South Africa, and the

Swedes and Norwegians compare favorablywith the Italians" the Scotch with the Eng-lish.

The tigers,lions and poisonous ser-pentsof tropicalregionswhich cause so great

a loss of lifein India, have no correspondencein northern climes,and the Thugs of India andcannibals of Pacific islands have no anal-ogues

in the north.

The sun bom luxury and influence of hotclimates seem less favorable to virtue andhealth than the wintry influence of northernclimates. The greatest mass of corruptionand crime of ancient Europe was in Romeand around the Mediterranean" in Spain andthe Barbary, Coast of Africa. Bonaparte,Caesar, Scipio,Hannibal, Alexander the Greatand the Roman Emperors belonged to thatregion" so did the warlike Jews and the mod-em

Turks.

Heat is essential to animal life,but in excessis destructive like all other manifestations of

animal force. Its worst effects are producedin combination with water. Warmth and

moisture promote putrefactionand malaria,79

originatingmalignant fevers. Whatever pro-motesdecomposition is unfriendly to life.

Where warmth and moisture abound, evap-orationproduces a negative condition ex-haustingto life,which is common in summer

and favors suicide. Diseases increase a few

days after rains. Life is more vigorous andactive in a dry atmosphere which retains thewarmth and electricityof the body, whichwater rapidly conducts away producing lan-guor

and debility. Heat and moisture com-binedpr